POLAND: Election

Outrageously high-handed measures were
countenanced by Dictator Marshal Josef Pilsudski during the general
election completed last week. At the same time, however, he could point
to an impartial report showing that Poland has prospered vastly since
his swashbuckling seizure of power (TIME, May 24, 1926).

Balloting. Thirty-four parties crowded the field, an average of slightly
more than one political group per million Poles. To meet competition
thus keen, the Sanatzia or Healthy Politics party, supporting
Pilsudski, adopted quaint & questionable expedients: